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4	4	STSESSION S. 507
5	5	To enhance the participation of precision agriculture in the United States,
6	6	and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	FEBRUARY11, 2025
9	9	Mr. T
10	10	HUNE(for himself and Mr. WARNOCK) introduced the following bill;
11	11	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu-
12	12	trition, and Forestry
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To enhance the participation of precision agriculture in the
15	15	United States, and for other purposes.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Precision 4
20	20	Agriculture Act of 2025’’. 5
21	21	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
22	22	In this Act: 7
23	23	(1) A
24	24	DVANCED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS 8
25	25	TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘advanced wireless com-9
26	26	munications technology’’ means advanced technology 10
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30	30	that contributes to mobile (5G or beyond) networks, 1
31	31	next-generation Wi-Fi networks, or other future net-2
32	32	works using other technologies, regardless of wheth-3
33	33	er the network is operating on an exclusive licensed, 4
34	34	shared licensed, or unlicensed frequency band. 5
35	35	(2) A
36	36	RTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term ‘‘ar-6
37	37	tificial intelligence’’ has the meaning given the term 7
38	38	in section 238(g) of the John S. McCain National 8
39	39	Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 9
40	40	(Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061). 10
41	41	(3) F
42	42	OREIGN ADVERSARY .—The term ‘‘foreign 11
43	43	adversary’’ means any foreign government or foreign 12
44	44	nongovernment person engaged in a long-term pat-13
45	45	tern or serious instances of conduct significantly ad-14
46	46	verse to the national security of the United States, 15
47	47	or security and safety of United States persons. 16
48	48	(4) P
49	49	RECISION AGRICULTURE .—The term ‘‘pre-17
50	50	cision agriculture’’ means managing, tracking, or re-18
51	51	ducing crop or livestock production inputs, including 19
52	52	seed, feed, fertilizer, chemicals, water, time, and 20
53	53	such other inputs as the Secretary determines to be 21
54	54	appropriate, at a heightened level of spatial and tem-22
55	55	poral granularity to improve efficiencies, reduce 23
56	56	waste, and maintain environmental quality. 24
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60	60	(5) PRECISION AGRICULTURE EQUIPMENT .— 1
61	61	The term ‘‘precision agriculture equipment’’ means 2
62	62	any equipment or technology that directly contrib-3
63	63	utes to a reduction in, or improved efficiency of, in-4
64	64	puts used in crop or livestock production, includ-5
65	65	ing— 6
66	66	(A) global positioning system-based or 7
67	67	geospatial mapping; 8
68	68	(B) satellite or aerial imagery; 9
69	69	(C) yield monitors; 10
70	70	(D) soil mapping; 11
71	71	(E) sensors for gathering data on crop, 12
72	72	soil, and livestock conditions; 13
73	73	(F) Internet of Things and technology that 14
74	74	relies on edge and cloud computing; 15
75	75	(G) data management software and ad-16
76	76	vanced analytics; 17
77	77	(H) network connectivity products and so-18
78	78	lutions, including public and private wireless 19
79	79	networks; 20
80	80	(I) global positioning system guidance, 21
81	81	auto-steer systems, autonomous fleeting, and 22
82	82	other machine-to-machine operations; 23
83	83	(J) variable rate technology for applying 24
84	84	inputs, such as section control; and 25
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88	88	(K) any other technology that leads to a 1
89	89	reduction in, or improves efficiency of, crop and 2
90	90	livestock production inputs, which may in-3
91	91	clude— 4
92	92	(i) seed; 5
93	93	(ii) feed; 6
94	94	(iii) fertilizer; 7
95	95	(iv) chemicals; 8
96	96	(v) water; 9
97	97	(vi) time; 10
98	98	(vii) fuel; 11
99	99	(viii) emissions; and 12
100	100	(ix) such other inputs as the Sec-13
101	101	retary determines to be appropriate. 14
102	102	(6) S
103	103	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 15
104	104	the Secretary of Agriculture. 16
105	105	(7) T
106	106	RUSTED.—The term ‘‘trusted’’ means, 17
107	107	with respect to a provider of advanced communica-18
108	108	tions service or a supplier of communications equip-19
109	109	ment or service, that the Secretary has determined 20
110	110	that the provider or supplier is not owned by, con-21
111	111	trolled by, or subject to the influence of, a foreign 22
112	112	adversary. 23
113	113	(8) V
114	114	OLUNTARY CONSENSUS STANDARDS DE -24
115	115	VELOPMENT ORGANIZATION .—The term ‘‘voluntary 25
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119	119	consensus standards development organization’’ 1
120	120	means an organization that develops standards in a 2
121	121	process that meets the principles for the develop-3
122	122	ment of voluntary consensus standards (as defined 4
123	123	in the document of the Office of Management and 5
124	124	Budget entitled ‘‘Federal Participation in the Devel-6
125	125	opment and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards 7
126	126	and in Conformity Assessment Activities’’ (OMB 8
127	127	Circular A–119)). 9
128	128	SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 10
129	129	The purposes of this Act are— 11
130	130	(1) to enhance the participation of precision ag-12
131	131	riculture in the United States; and 13
132	132	(2) to promote United States leadership in vol-14
133	133	untary consensus standards development organiza-15
134	134	tions that set standards for precision agriculture. 16
135	135	SEC. 4. INTERCONNECTIVITY STANDARDS FOR PRECISION 17
136	136	AGRICULTURE. 18
137	137	(a) I
138	138	NGENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 19
139	139	date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consulta-20
140	140	tion with the Director of the National Institute of Stand-21
141	141	ards and Technology and the Federal Communications 22
142	142	Commission, shall— 23
143	143	(1) develop voluntary, consensus-based, private 24
144	144	sector-led interconnectivity standards, guidelines, 25
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148	148	and best practices for precision agriculture that will 1
149	149	promote economies of scale and ease the burden of 2
150	150	the adoption of precision agriculture; and 3
151	151	(2) in carrying out paragraph (1)— 4
152	152	(A) coordinate with relevant public and 5
153	153	trusted private sector stakeholders and other 6
154	154	relevant industry organizations, including vol-7
155	155	untary consensus standards development orga-8
156	156	nizations; and 9
157	157	(B) consult with sector-specific agencies, 10
158	158	other appropriate agencies, and State and local 11
159	159	governments. 12
160	160	(b) C
161	161	ONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretary, in carrying 13
162	162	out subsection (a), shall, in consultation with the Director 14
163	163	of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 15
164	164	and the Federal Communications Commission, consider— 16
165	165	(1) the evolving demands of precision agri-17
166	166	culture; 18
167	167	(2) the connectivity needs of precision agri-19
168	168	culture equipment; 20
169	169	(3) the cybersecurity challenges facing precision 21
170	170	agriculture, including cybersecurity threats for agri-22
171	171	culture producers and agriculture supply chains; 23
172	172	(4) the impact of advanced wireless communica-24
173	173	tions technology on precision agriculture; and 25
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177	177	(5) the impact of artificial intelligence on preci-1
178	178	sion agriculture. 2
179	179	SEC. 5. GAO ASSESSMENT OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE 3
180	180	STANDARDS. 4
181	181	(a) S
182	182	TUDY.—Not later than 1 year after the Sec-5
183	183	retary develops standards under section 4, and every 2 6
184	184	years thereafter for the following 8 years, the Comptroller 7
185	185	General of the United States shall conduct a study that 8
186	186	assesses those standards, including the extent to which 9
187	187	those standards, as applicable— 10
188	188	(1) are voluntary; 11
189	189	(2) were developed in coordination with relevant 12
190	190	industry organizations, including voluntary con-13
191	191	sensus standards development organizations; and 14
192	192	(3) have successfully encouraged the adoption 15
193	193	of precision agriculture. 16
194	194	(b) R
195	195	EPORT.—The Comptroller General of the 17
196	196	United States shall submit to the Committee on Com-18
197	197	merce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on 19
198	198	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the 20
199	199	Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the 21
200	200	Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives 22
201	201	a report that summarizes the findings of each study con-23
202	202	ducted under subsection (a). 24
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